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 Google Gemini tells me this about the philosopher Eric Hoffer ,  "American philosopher and social critic Eric Hoffer was awarded the P...

In line with Schmittean fascist speak Trunk says “these aren’t people these are animals.” Others would say there is truly no hate like Ch...

I've been tinkering around with various AI bots for a while now. I've found that if you already know the answer to a question AI wor...

"Perfect Days" is a movie about a Tokyo Toilet Cleaner who is able to find peace and joy in his simple enchanted existence. It...

I took this picture in Anaconda Montana on August 25th, 2008. This for rent sign was for an upstairs apartment in a nice old granite busines...

I recently finished reading "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. I found it an easy book to read - clear plot, well-developed character...

If you happen to be a Rip Van Winkle sort, and have spent decades asleep in the woods, it may come as a surprise that the U.S. Tax Code is h...

My first title for this essay was - Metempsychosis, Synchronicity, Pythagoras and Herman Melville. I'll try to explain. I've been re...

 I love the BBC Radio 4 show " In Our Time " with Melvyn Bragg. There's a thousand or so episodes about philosophical, histori...

  Being a  Crazy Clown   or sad Patsy Cline  in the good old US of A is a heck of a lot better than listening to North Korean propaganda ab...

I find the Gary Snyder poem " For the Children " beautiful in its simplicity; “stay together, know the flowers go light” And hopef...

If you're interested in some of what's happening in the right-wing YouTube media sphere I highly recommend RM Brown. I think his sho...

Apple's version of The Velveteen Rabbit will be available Wednesday November 22nd. I love the book. I wrote a little bit about the Skin ...

It seemed pretty obvious to me by February of 2019 that Donald Trunk would not leave office peacefully .  He proved that prediction right wi...